He closed his laptop. Sleep came in uneasy fits. At dawn he found himself out in the rain, amulet in pocket, heading toward the old movie hall downtown—the one that had closed years ago but still had its marquee lights intact in memory. The hall’s door was chained, but a back entrance gaped. Inside the lobby, the smell of bygone popcorn and old velvet wrapped him like a familiar coat. A projector sat on a cart, humming as if it hadn’t slept either.

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